diff --git a/gcc/lto/lto-partition.cc b/gcc/lto/lto-partition.cc
index 654d67f272e..b96d1dd473d 100644
--- a/gcc/lto/lto-partition.cc
+++ b/gcc/lto/lto-partition.cc
@@ -1035,15 +1035,18 @@ promote_symbol (symtab_node *node)
 /* Return true if NODE needs named section even if it won't land in
    the partition symbol table.
 
-   FIXME: we should really not use named sections for inline clones
-   and master clones.  */
+   FIXME: we should really not use named sections for master clones.  */
 
 static bool
 may_need_named_section_p (lto_symtab_encoder_t encoder, symtab_node *node)
 {
   struct cgraph_node *cnode = dyn_cast <cgraph_node *> (node);
+  /* We do not need to handle variables since we never clone them.  */
   if (!cnode)
     return false;
+  /* Only master clones will have bodies streamed.  */
+  if (cnode->clone_of)
+    return false;
   if (node->real_symbol_p ())
     return false;
   return (!encoder